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Telescope 185 The CITY OF FREMONT on the Milwaukee River SHIPS OF THE BARRY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY By Reverend Edward J. Dowling, S. J* The Barry Line was founded at Chicago in the middle Eighties by Captain Miles Barry and his five brothers* They were great grandsons pf Commodore John Barry, the U* S. Navy hero of the War of Independence* This line operated in the Lake Michigan area generally, with a brief excursion into Lake Huron in the early Nineties in partnership with Detroit*s Drummond Line* All of the vessels were purchased and were wooden vessels unless otherwise noted* Besides the Barry Transportation Company, the six brothers also controlled the Barry Tug Line, which operated tugs at Chicago Harbor for ten or more vears before becoming part of the Great Lakes Towing Company in lo99* The Barry Trucking Lines, operating today in Illinois and Wisconsin, are owned by the sons of Captain Barry and his brothers* 1* Barry Transportation Company: (Freight and Passenger ships) Str* BADGER STATE (US.2111), 1862 Buffalo, 213 x 33* Burned at Marine City, 12-6-09* Str* MABEL BRADSHAW (US.92096),1889 Benton Harbor, 135 x 26. Later Canadian SOO CITY* Junked, 1917* NOTE Although the Editor of this section of the TELESCOPE is willing to admit that he is slowing up with the passing of years, he disowns the fact that he is old enough to have taken the photo of the steamer SUNBEAM credited to him on Page 2 of the October issue* (P«3* The SUNBEAM was wrecked in 1863)